What is a Concussion?

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What is a Concussion?

The most commonly reported symptoms are occipital headache, blurry vision, nausea, dizziness, balance problems, a “foggy feeling,” difficulty with concentration, difficulty with memory, fatigue, confusion, drowsiness, and irritability. 

Image Credit: Andreas Vesalius' Fabrica, published in 1543, showing the base of the human brain, including optic chiasma, cerebellum, olfactory bulbs, etc.

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Conservative Treatment for Dupuytren's Disease

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Conservative Treatment for Dupuytren's Disease

Massage therapy combined with active and passive stretching has been proposed as a potential adjunctive treatment for attenuating Dupuytren's disease (DD) progression and recurrence. Dupuytren's disease is a progressive disorder of the hand that eventually can cause contractures of the affected fingers.

Image Credit - By Frank C. Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=647743

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Books For Massage Therapists

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Books for Massage Therapists

10 Books For Massage Therapists

  • The Brain That Changes Itself. Norman Doidge
  • Understanding Pain. Fernando Cervero
  • A Nation in Pain - Judy Foreman 
  • Explain Pain. Lorimer Moseley and David Butler
  • Pain: The science and culture of why we hurt. Marni Jackson
  • Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery. Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
  • Cure. Jo Marchant
  • The Story of the Human Body. Daniel Lieberman
  • Touch. David Linden
  • The Upright Thinkers. Leonard Mlodinow

Books About Pain

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Books about pain

Books About Pain

  • The Brain That Changes Itself. Norman Doidge. (2007)
  • Understanding Pain. Fernando Cervero. (2012)
  • A Nation in Pain - Judy Foreman (2012)
  • Explain Pain. Lorimer Moseley and David Butler (2003)
  • Pain: The science and culture of why we hurt. Marni Jackson (2003)
  • Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery. Cathryn Jakobson Ramin (2017)